Collin Morikawa really performed higher than Scottie Scheffler this week.
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Scottie Scheffler walks away from East Lake this week with the FedEx Cup title and a cool $25 million bonus, however will probably be Collin Morikawa, who formally misplaced to Scheffler by 4 pictures, who will get essentially the most Official World Golf Rating factors from this week.
That’s as a result of Morikawa really beat Scottie Scheffler by two strokes this week. In actual fact, he wasn’t the one one as Sahith Theegala additionally beat the FedEx Cup winner this week.
This was the sixth version of the Tour Championship performed below a novel staggered strokes format which noticed Scheffler, the FedEx Cup chief for the the higher a part of the final six months, begin the week at 10 below par with a two-shot lead.
Morikawa and Theegala, in the meantime began this week at 4 and three below, respectively, after robust seasons, however ones the place each did not win. The format was developed to assist remove the confusion with following the factors through the closing occasion and take away the potential for one participant profitable the Tour Championship and one other profitable the FedEx Cup title.
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One might have made the argument Scheffler, after a historic common season the place he gained the Masters, Gamers Championship and 4 different titles, might have deserved a higher head begin. Paradoxically, Scheffler himself made an argument in opposition to the format only a few weeks in the past on the first playoff occasion in Memphis.
“I talked about it the previous few years, I believe it’s foolish,” he mentioned forward of the FedEx St. Jude Championship. “You’ll be able to’t name it a season-long race and have it come down to 1 match.
“Hypothetically, we get to East Lake and my neck flares up and it doesn’t heal the best way it did on the Gamers. I end thirtieth within the FedEx Cup as a result of I needed to withdraw from the final match? Is that actually the season-long race? No, it’s what it’s.”
He ended up profitable by 4 over Morikawa anyway.
However take away the beginning strokes and the ultimate leaderboard seems a lot completely different.
The highest three gamers within the closing standings, Scheffler, Morikawa and Theegala, nonetheless separated themselves from the remainder of the sector with Scheffler nonetheless three higher than anybody else, however the order modifications. Morikawa takes the “gross” title if you’ll and Theegala is available in second.
In fact, had Scheffler been taking a look at a leaderboard with out strokes, he could have performed a number of pictures, together with his conservative par on the par-5 18th, in another way. Nevertheless it’s fascinating to isolate who really performed nicely this week.
For instance, Justin Thomas had the seventh greatest week of anybody at East Lake, going 14 below, however he began the week at even par and thus completed at 14 below, which was tied for 14th.
Maintain studying under for the ultimate Tour Championship leaderboard with out beginning strokes.
Tour Championship leaderboard with out strokes
(Official scores to par)
1. Collin Morikawa, -22 (-26)
2. Sahith Theegala, -21 (-24)
3. Scottie Scheffler, -20 (-30)
4. Russell Henley, -17 (-19)
5. Adam Scott, -16 (-19)
6. Sungjae Im, -15 (-18)
7. Justin Thomas, -14 (-14)
T8. Wyndham Clark, -13 (-17)
Shane Lowry (-16)
Viktor Hovland (-15)
Taylor Pendrith (-14)
12. Rory McIlroy, -12 (-16)
T13. Xander Schauffele, -11 (-19)
Sam Burns (-15)
15. Matthieu Pavon, -10 (-11)
T16. Hideki Matsuyama, -9 (-16)
Robert MacIntyre (-11)
Tommy Fleetwood (-10)
T19. Ludvig Aberg, -7 (-12)
Patrick Cantlay (-11)
T21. Byeong Hun An, -6 (-8)
Aaron Rai (-6)
23. Billy Horschel, -5 (-6)
T24. Tony Finau, -3 (-6)
Akshay Bhatia (-5)
Chris Kirk (-3)
T27. Keegan Bradley, -2 (-8)
Sepp Straka (-3)
T29. Christiaan Bezuidenhout, +3 (+3)
Tom Hoge (+3)
